Shelemiah
שֶׁלֶמְיָהוּ · she.lem.yah · H8018M“God is my perfection; my happiness; my peace” Hitchcock's 18692 mentions, all in Jeremiah
Who he was
Shelemiah was a priest who lived during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. He was the father of Jehucal (or Jucal), who was one of the officials sent by Zedekiah to ask Jeremiah to pray for the people (Jeremiah 37:3). Later, Jehucal was among the officials who accused Jeremiah of discouraging the soldiers and sought to have him put to death (Jeremiah 38:1–4). Shelemiah's role is limited to being mentioned as Jehucal's father.
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Family
ChildrenJehucal
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Every mention
2 references, counted from STEPBible, Tyndale House Cambridge · CC BY 4.0 · verse text: World English Bible (public domain)
Jeremiah 2 mentions
Jeremiah 37:3Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.”Jeremiah 38:1Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,
What the dictionary says
Whom Jehovah repays.
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
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- STEPBible TIPNR · Translators Individualised Proper Names with all References · CC BY 4.0 · github.com/STEPBible/STEPBible-Data
- Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) · Public domain